Darkest Dungeon 2 has been out in some form or type since 2021, persevering with the roguelike RPG franchise however it’s quickly coming to consoles.
Developed and revealed by Pink Hook Studios, Darkest Dungeon 2 is the sequel to Darkest Dungeon. The sport options a number of characters, every with their distinctive strengths and skills that may assist gamers advance. Gamers can emphasize sure traits by equipping these characters with specialist trinkets and fight objects.
The world is navigated utilizing a stagecoach, with the final word objective being reaching a mountain. An evil drive has taken over the in-game world and relies on the mountain however earlier than the participant can attain it, they have to discover and overcome totally different obstacles alongside the best way.
Many of those are centered round turn-based fight, the place heroes have to be positioned good to maximise using their expertise. Some can’t be used when they’re standing within the mistaken spot.
With a rating of 81 on recreation assessment aggregation website Metacritic (in comparison with the unique recreation’s 84), the sequel has gone down fairly properly amongst followers. What’s extra, it seems that the sport is already laying the groundwork for a 3rd recreation, with a ultimate name on the finish of the sport that Eldritch forces are nonetheless at work and will must be bested as soon as extra.
For now although, right here’s a take a look at when Darkest Dungeon 2 first got here out and the main points of the highly-anticipated wider launch that’s on the best way.
When is the Darkest Dungeon 2 launch date?
Darkest Dungeon 2 was first launched in October 2021 in its early entry type for Home windows. Since then, the total model of the sport was launched on Could 8, 2023 for by way of each the Epic Video games Retailer and Steam.
Nevertheless, there are plans to increase availability to different consoles past PC within the close to future.
Darkest Dungeon 2 Change, Xbox, and PlayStation launch dates
Particularly, a wider launch for Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X/S is scheduled for July 15, 2024. This would be the first time that Darkest Dungeon 2 shall be out there exterior of PC gaming.
What’s Darkest Dungeon 2: Kingdoms?
Whereas the primary story of Darkest Dungeon 2 is already out there for PC gaming, a contemporary replace is deliberate for later in 2024. Titled ‘Kingdoms’, the additional content material introduces a brand new marketing campaign and three enemy factions, referred to as the Coven, the Beastmen, and the Crimson Couriers. Director Chris Bourassa instructed PC Gamer that the replace will “mix a number of the permanence and roster administration of the unique Darkest Dungeon with the traversal and fight of Darkest Dungeon 2”.
The replace is solely free and seems to be geared in the direction of long-term followers of Darkest Dungeon, reintroducing particular gameplay options from the unique recreation. Whereas gamers will nonetheless journey via the in-game world as within the Confessions storyline of Darkest Dungeon 2, the primary focus will reportedly be on amassing sources that can be utilized to improve heroes’ expertise and bolster the defenses of inns, which act as checkpoints to progress via the sport.
Heroes will nonetheless be gone for good in the event that they die, as in the primary recreation, however your stagecoach remains to be there to hold round a celebration of heroes to liberate the inns beneath siege. You possibly can see an early take a look at what Kingdoms are concerned within the trailer beneath.
Darkest Dungeon 1 vs 2
With the 2 Darkest Dungeon video games being fairly distinct from each other, they’ve their very own distinctive identities. Whereas the primary recreation was centered across the characters and growing their expertise for fight, the sequel takes the chance to increase the lore of the in-game world.
There are, after all, additionally some technical updates, with improved graphics, extra difficult (and due to this fact versatile) fight, and a rogue-like type that provides extra prospects for replaying the sport.
In some methods, Darkest Dungeon 2 took the perfect elements of the primary recreation (particularly the fight and magnificence) and improved on them. That is most keenly felt within the Kingdoms replace, which brings the sport nearer to the primary within the sequence.
The place to search out Darkest Dungeon 2 mods
As with all standard PC recreation that’s been out for over per week, there are many mods to assist fine-tune your Darkest Dungeon expertise. A few of the hottest ones on Nexus Mods are place to begin if you happen to haven’t already, providing the choices for extra trinket slots, sellable objects, or equipping all expertise directly.
If you’d like a barely simpler begin within the recreation, there are additionally mods you may equip to begin your recreation with elevated house or a lot of Mastery Factors. That is additionally a well-liked choice for individuals on a replay, because it means there’s much less stress to grind early on, if you will get a leg up utilizing the Mastery Factors mods.
Featured picture: Pink Hook Studios
